The top group of the 50's was born
1956: The self-titled album by the Platters was released.
1959: Cliff Richard stars in his first movie "Serious Charges".
1963: The Beatles performed at the Rink Ballroom in Sunderland, England.
1964: Jan & Dean began recording "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".
1965: The Rolling Stones, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Byrds and the Beau Brummels appeared at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
1968: Paul McCartney and John Lennon appeared on The Tonight Show, which was guest hosted by Joe Garagiola.
1968: The Rascals recorded "People Got To Be Free".
1969: Dennis Yost and Wally Eaton of Classics IV are seriously hurt in a car crash near Atlanta, Georgia.
1969: Jeanne Franklin and Martin Lamble of Fairport Convention were killed in a car crash in London while returning from a concert in Birmingham.
1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released their epic and poignant single "Ohio", ten days after the shootings at Kent State University that inspired it.
1976: Former Yardbirds member Keith Relf was electrocuted by his son's electric guitar at the age of 33.
1977: The Talking Heads performed at the Rock Garden in London. Brian Eno was in the audience and eventually became their producer.
1977: Leo Sayer had a #1 song with "When I Need You". "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder waited its turn with the classic "Hotel California" dropping to #3. Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" came in next followed by "Couldn't Get It Right" from the Climax Blues Band. The rest of the Top Ten: "Right Time of the Night" from Jennifer Warnes, the Atlanta Rhythm Section with "So In To You", "I'm Your Boogie Man" from K.C. & the Sunshine Band at #8, Marvin Gaye with "Got To Give It Up" and Rose Royce had a great song entering the top ten--"I Wanna' Get Next To You".
1983: "Beat It" spent a third week at #1 for Michael Jackson. David Bowie's "Let's Dance" was #2, followed by "Jeopardy" from the Greg Kihn Band, "Overkill" by Men At Work and Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science". The rest of the Top Ten: The former #1 from Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come On Eileen" took position #6, Irene Cara had a monster hit moving from 13-7--"Flashdance", Prince moved to #8 with "Little Red Corvette", Laura Branigan entered the top ten with "Solitaire" and After the Fire hung on to #10 with "Der Kommissar".
1983: Two artists enjoyed their first hit on the charts, when Michael Bolton's "Fools Game" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" made the list.
1985: Michael Jackson is given a humanitarian award from United States President Ronald Reagan.
1987: Frank Sinatra condemned apartheid in South Africa.
1988: Atlantic Records celebrated their 40th anniversary. The former surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited with John Bonham's son, Jason on drums.
1988: Foreigner hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "I Don't Want To Live Without You".
1988: Gloria Estefan had a #1 with "Anything For You". Johnny Hates Jazz had one of the top songs ever to peak at #2--"Shattered Dreams", while "Wishing Well" from Terence Trent D'Arby was at #3, George Michael's great song "One More Try" rose from 14 to 4 and Natalie Cole's cover of "Pink Cadillac" remained at #5.
1992: Kiss released the album Revenge, featuring new drummer Eric Singer.
1993: Duran Duran performed at Tower Records in Los Angeles in a show broadcast live to Tokyo, London and Sydney.
1993: It was time to pick up some music history at an auction at Christies in London. The acoustic guitar that Elvis used in his first recordings in 1954 was up for bid and it sold for $152,000. Four costumes worn by Kiss sold for $35,385.
1998: George Michael plead "no contest" to committing a lewd act in a park restroom.
1998: Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82.
2004: Chris Martin of Coldplay and his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, became the parents of a baby girl.
2006: The Red Hot Chili Peppers reached #1 on the U.K. album chart with Stadium Arcadium.
2007: Bobby Darin is inducted into the Las Vegas Walk of Stars posthumously on what have been his 71st birthday.
2008: Metallica kicked off a tour at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Born This Day:
1928: Will "Dub" Jones, singer of the Coasters; died January 16, 2000
1932: Bob Johnston, producer of several of Bob Dylan's albums
1936: Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassato) was born in The Bronx, New York; died December 20, 1973 at the age of 37 after not taking medication for his heart and developing blood poisoning
1936: Charlie Gracie ("Butterfly") was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1943: Derek Leckenby, guitarist of Herman's Hermits, was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; died June 4, 1994
1943: Jack Bruce, bassist for Cream, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland
1946: Gene Cornish of the Young Rascals
1947: Al Ciner of the American Breed ("Bend Me, Shape Me" from 1967") and later a member of Three Dog Night
1952: David Byrne, guitarist of the Talking Heads, was born in Dumbarton, Scotland
1952: Tom Cochrane, lead singer of Red Rider and a solo artist, was born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada
1953: John Rutsey, drummer of Rush, was born in Ontario, Canada
1960: Shelley Preston of Bucks Fizz, was born in Hillingdon, England
1962: Ian Astbury of the Cult
1963: C.C. DeVille, guitarist of Poison, was born in Brooklyn, New York
1966: Mike Inez, bass guitarist of Alice in Chains, was born in San Fernando, California
1966: Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli was born in Guadeloupe
1966: Raphael Saadiq, bassist and vocalist of Tony! Toni! Tone!, was born in Oakland, California
1969: Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block, was born in Boston, Massachusetts
1973: Natalie Appleton of All Saints, was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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